Chapter 43 Qin Liu’s Suspicions
He thought he could get away with it, but now it seemed Liu Haoyu had underestimated the ghost messengers of the Underworld.
From Ox-Head’s tone, it was clear that it harbored strong resentment and dissatisfaction towards Qin Liu.
In this situation, explanations were no longer meaningful.
There was only one thing left to do, and it had only one word.
His thought was identical to the Black Book’s.
“Run!”
The moment the Black Book’s voice faded, Liu Haoyu bolted towards the narrow alley.
Ox-Head was too large to enter such an alley. Even if it wanted to call for other ghost messengers, it would take some time for them to arrive.
This time was the best opportunity for him to hide.
“Impudent thief, don’t run!”
Ox-Head, like a small mountain, knew it couldn’t enter the alley.
However, it still moved its heavy steps and tried to block Liu Haoyu’s path from another direction.
“Horse-Face, assist me!”
The Ox-Head Ghost Messenger let out a low roar like muffled thunder.
This sound seemed to echo throughout Youdu, attracting the attention of many ghosts.
However, these aunties and uncles soon ignored the Ox-Head Ghost Messenger again, even turning up the volume to the maximum.
“Aunties, uncles, and aunties, come dance the zombie dance with me~”
The strange melody, the peculiar dance moves of the ghosts, and the red, yellow, blue, and green lights from who knows where made the scene look like a rave.
Ox-Head had already given chase and did not notice Liu Haoyu, who was blending in with the crowd of ghosts.
Liu Haoyu naturally understood that he was unfamiliar with the area, and it was unrealistic to use the terrain to escape the pursuit of the other party.
So, after entering the alley, he climbed onto the roof and joined the dancing ghost crowd.
After dancing for a while, Liu Haoyu, still shaken, wiped the sweat from his forehead.
The Black Book complained incoherently.
“My accumulated merit must be very high to have seen you, a burly man, dancing like this in my lifetime.”
Liu Haoyu was not in the mood to deal with the Black Book, which spoke indistinctly as if it had something in its mouth. He looked around, trying to find a safe place.
The square had now turned into a large rave, and even the paper figures in the shops were swaying to the rhythm.
Liu Haoyu couldn’t mimic their alluring dance moves. If he stayed here any longer, he would be exposed sooner or later.
Fortunately, the Black Book, which had received candied hawthorn, was in a good mood and very proactively pointed him in the right direction.
“Go over there and exchange some冥币.”
Following the direction indicated by the Black Book, Liu Haoyu saw a pedestrian street.
There were many strange and indescribable shops there, and more importantly, in the middle of these shops, there was a Heaven and Earth Bank ATM.
“You understand the saying that money makes the devil go round, right?”
“Isn’t that obvious?” Liu Haoyu left the dancing crowd and said as he walked, “But I don’t have a bank card, and my phone has no signal. How can I withdraw money?”
“Isn’t that simple? Can’t you just connect to WiFi?”
Hearing this, Liu Haoyu turned on his phone’s WiFi, and he saw a WiFi name called “Three Bowls, No Return to Life.”
The Black Book said upon seeing it.
“Password: mengpo888, just connect.”
“…”
Liu Haoyu no longer wanted to complain about this bizarre Cyber Underworld.
And another thing, why was this broken book acting like it was home as soon as it arrived here?
It even knew the password to the Meng Po Coffee Shop… This was unscientific.
“But it’s very metaphysical, and you know my abilities.”
The Black Book saw through Liu Haoyu’s thoughts at once and continued.
“This coffee shop is quite famous in the Underworld, and the coffee and milk tea inside are very good. You can try it.”
“No, no.”
Liu Haoyu decisively refused the Black Book’s enthusiastic invitation.
Although he hadn’t heard of Meng Po Coffee, he knew of Meng Po’s soup.
After connecting to the WiFi, Liu Haoyu’s phone regained its network connection.
All the APPs on his phone seemed to have gone abroad, and almost all of them had changed.
Even many APPs had changed their names.
Typical examples include the “Starving Me” delivery service and “Ghost Hand” videos.
Liu Haoyu even downloaded Ghost Hand Live and took a look inside. It was all filled with sales of various Underworld items and all sorts of messy videos that just looking at them made you feel like you were in the Underworld.
“Dear viewers, today I’m going to livestream a challenge with spicy sheep’s head! Pour the soul juice~”
Liu Haoyu expressionlessly turned off his phone screen as he watched these not-quite-human and not-quite-ghost livestreams.
He regretted opening this application on a whim.
He even regretted why he had come here.
He silently lit a cigarette for himself and constantly recalled in his mind what bad deeds he had done before to encounter such “outrageous” things.
Well, that was just a joke.
Liu Haoyu took a drag from his cigarette and withdrew some money from the Heaven and Earth Bank.
With a bulging wallet, his confidence grew.
“Grandma Meng Po, one pearl milk tea.”
Just as Liu Haoyu was thinking about where to go, he suddenly noticed a young girl standing at the counter of the coffee shop.
The girl’s appearance made Liu Haoyu feel strangely familiar.
Although he didn’t know her, he felt like he had seen her photo before.
Moreover, her face bore some resemblance to Liu Zining…
Liu Haoyu suddenly froze. He finally remembered.
Is this Liu Qian?
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At three in the morning, Qin Liu tossed and turned at home, unable to sleep.
Although she understood Liu Haoyu’s actions, leaving her alone at home still made her feel a little annoyed.
She naturally wanted to figure out Liu Haoyu’s current situation.
The man had only said he was going to undergo tribulation, and nothing else.
So who knows if he was undergoing tribulation or going to a rave?
Qin Liu let out a helpless sigh.
Just then, Qin Liu suddenly thought that the Red Gate might know something.
So, she got out of bed, quickly ran to the end of the first-floor corridor, pushed open the blood-stained red door, and shouted into the deep darkness within.
“Red Gate! Is the Gate of the Yellow Springs there? I need to talk to you!”
Upon hearing Qin Liu’s voice, the young version of Qin Liu slowly emerged from the darkness.
The two figures, one big and one small, looked a bit like sisters with a significant age gap.
But Qin Liu didn’t have time to care about that. She asked the Red Gate.
“How is Liu Haoyu doing? Do you know?”
Hearing this, the Red Gate immediately shivered.
Liu Haoyu had specifically instructed it not to reveal anything to Qin Liu before he left.
Moreover, it knew that it was extremely dangerous for a living person to smuggle themselves across the Nai River. If Qin Liu found out about this, she would definitely flay it.
Therefore, the Red Gate pretended to be oblivious and said.
“How would I know how he is?”
But obviously, Qin Liu didn’t believe it and continued.
“Just tell me, if it’s really safe, why wouldn’t you tell me the current situation?”
The Red Gate took a step back.
This feeling could be described as your superior asking you questions in a spoiled tone.
It gave it a slight chill.
